Walton O. Schalick, III, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medical History and Bioethics, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, and History of Science
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Special interests and recent research:
Medieval Western medicine, disability history, history of childhood and pediatrics, bioethics and children
Recent publications:
- "The Fog of War and the Declining Prevalence of Mental Retardation," in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2006; 116: 318-20.
Albrecht G.A., Bichenbach J., Mitchell D., Schalick W.O., Snyder S., eds. Encyclopedia of Disability (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, 2005).- "Speculum medicinae: Reflections of a Medievalist-Clinician," in Duffin J., ed. Clio in the Clini. (Oxford: Oxford University Press and Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005). pp. 27-45.
- "To market, to market: The theory and practice of opiates in the Middle Ages," in Meldrum M., ed,. Opioids and Pain Relief: A Historical Perspective (Seattle, WA: IASP Press 2003), 25: 5-20.
Regularly offered courses:
- 507: Health, Disease and Healing I
- 668: A History of Western Disability

